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DMAA Supplements Banned In U.K., Hamstrung In U.S.

 
• By Dan Schiff

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency bans use of dimethylamylamine in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, FDA has stopped short of an all-out ban, though retailers and insurance carriers largely have turned their backs on DMAA.

The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency bans sales of dimethylamylamine-containing products, marking the latest international regulatory action against the controversial sports supplement ingredient.

FDA has not imposed a formal ban in the U.S., but the agency’s April regulatory sweep – in the form...

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